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New to Australia Tubestock Trader June 2019 NEW TO AUSTRALIA Salvia leucantha 'Red Harry' Clive’s Comments Day before we head north for IPPS conference and pressure levels are rising. It is hard enough to go Bergenia 'Flirt' T/C Bergenia 'Dragonfly Sakura' T/C away for three weeks without all the last-minute NEW LINE NEW LINE hassles of running a 14-day tour in a region several thousand kilometres away. It is also a bit harder when it is anywhere in northern Australia where things are just a little more layback. Things like ‘Oh yeah you’re coming next week aren’t you’ or ‘sorry we are doing major renovations next week’. However, the biggest fear is when the news starts off with Tropical Cyclone Ann due to make landfall this week in north Queensland. First cyclone post April since 1989. We have many guests who have been planning to come out to dive the reef prior to the tour so I am hoping the cyclone isn’t too strong. Current view is that it will be downgraded to a tropical low when it hits land and it is now tracking well north of Cooktown. Still does make me a bit nervous. We have lots of foreign visitors seeing Australia for the first time and I hope we can do the country justice. There are also a dozen Aussies coming most of whom have never been into the northern tropics so it will be interesting for them as well. Living in a cyclone or hurricane zone is hard enough with the constant worry during the season. In modern times it isn’t as bad because the forward warning systems are excellent. They give plenty of forewarning and are getting very good at tracking... Ampelopsis 'Elegans' Geranium 'Rozanne' PBR Continued on page 4 Larkman Nurseries Pty Ltd June 2019 2 Flower Details Plant Name Common Name $ Color Period Lavandula Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender lilac Oct-Dec $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Avice Hill' PBR Lavender Impressions violet Oct-Jan $1.65 E X SUMC2 SH1 * Lavandula angustifolia 'Bee' Oil Lavender purple Oct-Dec $1.65 E SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote' Hidcote Lavender purple Oct-Dec $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH2 * Lavandula angustifolia 'Maillette' French English Lavender purple Oct-Jan $1.65 E SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' Dwarf English Lavender mauve Oct-Jan $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula angustifolia 'Pacific Blue' Pacific Lavender violet blue Oct-Jan $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea' Dwarf Pink Lavender pale pink Oct-Jan $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH1 Lavandula angustifolia 'Swampy' Swampy Lavender deep purpleOct-Dec $1.65 E SUMC2 SH1 Lavandula 'Avonview' Avonview purple Sep-May $1.50 E V SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula dentata 'Allwood' Mt Lofty Lavender lavender All Year $1.65 E X SUL C2 SH2 Lavandula dentata candicans Grey French Lavender lavender All Year $1.65 E V SUL C2 SH2 * Lavandula dentata 'Ploughman's Blue' Blue French Lavender blue purple All Year $1.65 E X SUL C2 SH2 Lavandula dentata 'Pure Harmony' White French Lavender white All Year $1.65 E X SUL C2 SH2 * Lavandula 'Lavender Lace' Lavender lilac Oct-May $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH2 * Lavandula x intermedia 'Blanche' White Lavandin white Oct-Jan $1.65 E SUMC2 SH1 Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso' Lavandin deep purpleNov-Feb $1.65 E V SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula x intermedia 'Riverina Alan' PBR(Nursery) Riverina Alan purple Nov-Feb $1.85 E X SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula x intermedia 'Riverina Thomas' PBR (Nursery) Riverina Thomas purple Nov-Feb $1.85 E X SUMC2 SH2 Lavandula x intermedia 'Super' Lavandin purple Nov-Feb $1.65 E Y SUMC2 SH2 Succulents Aloe 'Black Gem' Black Aloe orange red Oct-Nov $1.85 E Z SUM SH0 Ceropegia linearis String of Needles pale mauve Mar-May $1.65 E PF L IP Crassula 'Jade Necklace' Jade Necklace Vine pale pink Feb-Apr $1.65 E Z SUL GC Crassula muscosa Watch Chain Crassula yellow greenDec-Jun $1.65 E PS L SH2 Crassula ovata Lucky Money Plant cream Jul-Oct $1.65 E SUL SH2 Crassula ovata 'Bluebird' Blue Lucky Money Plant cream Jul-Oct $1.65 E SUL SH2 Crassula perfoliata minor Propellor Plant red Dec-Mar $1.65 E Z SUL SH1 Delosperma echinatum Special Pickle Plant yellow Oct-Mar $0.95 E SUL C2 SH0 Echeveria affinis 'Chocolate' Chocolate Echeveria orange Dec-Feb $1.95 E X SUM R Graptoveria tricolour 'Cristata' Fringed Graptoveria pink Dec-Feb $1.25 E SUM R Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Orange' Orange Pig Face orange Oct-Feb $1.65 E Z PS MC1 GC Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'Rainbow' Rainbow Pink Pigface deep pink Nov-Feb $1.65 E V PS MC1 GC * Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 'White Sun' White Sun white Oct-Feb $1.65 E V PS MC1 GC Pachyphytum hookeri Hookers Fat Plant pink Aug-Oct $1.65 E PS L C2 GC Sedeveria 'Pat's Pink' Special Pat's Pink Sedeveria pale pink Dec-Feb $0.95 E PS L C2 SH1 Sedeveria 'Spring Jade' Spring Jade Sedeveria pale pink Dec-Feb $1.65 E PS L C2 SH1 Sedeveria 'Starburst' Starburst Sedeveria yellow Dec-Feb $1.65 E PS L C2 SH0 Sedum adolphii 'Golden Glow' Special Golden Stonecrop pinkish Sep-Nov $0.95 E SUL GC Sedum 'Bronze Delight' Bronze Sedum pale yellow Sep-Nov $1.65 E SUL GC * Sedum morganianum Donkey's Tail red Dec-Feb $1.65 E Z SUL C2 SC Sedum pachyphyllum Sedum Blue Jelly Beans yellow Dec-Jan $1.65 E SUM SH1 * Sedum spectabile 'September Glow' Rose Pink Stonecrop rosy pink Jan-Apr $1.85 E X SUM SH1 Senecio radicans 'Bananas' String of Bananas white Jul-Sep $1.65 E PS L C2 GC Senecio repens 'Mini' white May-Jul $1.65 E PS L C2 GC * Senecio rowleyanus String of Beads cream Dec-Mar $1.65 E X PS L C2 GC Hellebores Helleborus orientalis Lenten Rose mixed pastelsJul-Oct $1.75 E Z PS SH0 Helleborus x glanforensis 'Ice n Roses White' Hellebore Ice n Roses White white Jul-Sep $3.50 E X PS SH0 * Helleborus x hybridus 'White Duchess' Pure White Lenten Rose white Jul-Oct $1.95 E X PS H SH0 BD/BE = Bulb - 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Tas/WA Red Bottlebrush red Dec-Jan $1.50 N V SUL C2 T1 * Callistemon salignus 'Great Balls of Fire' Restricted - Tas/WARed Leaved Bottlebrush red Aug-Oct $1.85 N Z SUL C2 SH3 * Callistemon viminalis 'Captain Cook' Restricted - Tas/WA Dwarf Weeping Bottlebrush red Sep-Dec $1.60 N V SUL C2 SH1 * Callistemon 'Western Glory' Restricted - Tas/WA Bottlebrush deep red Oct-Dec $1.50 N V SUL C1 SH3 * Calothamnus quadrifidus Restricted - Tas/WA One Sided Bottlebrush red Sep-Nov $1.00 N V PS MC2 SH3 Correa alba White Correa white Aug-May $1.50 N V PF L C2 SH2 * Correa 'Dusky Bells' Crimson Correa carmine Apr-Nov $1.50 N V PF M SH1 * Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls' Silver Kidney Creeper insignificantAll Year $1.60 N Z PS M GC Dichondra repens Kidney Creeper insignificantAll Year $1.60 N Z PS M GC Ficinia nodosa Special Knobby Club Rush brown greenNov-Sep $0.95 N Z SUL G Grevillea lanigera 'Mount Tamboritha' Wooly Grevillea red Mar-Dec $1.85 N V PS MC2 GC * Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' Golden Grevillea deep yellowSep-Jan $1.50 N Z PS M SH3 Hardenbergia violaceae 'White Wanderer white Jul-Sep $1.65 N V PS L C * Hibbertia obtusifolia Hoary Guinea Flower yellow Oct-Feb $1.60 N V PS M R Myoporum parvifolium 'Purpureum' Purple Boobialla pink Sep-Mar $1.50 N V PS MC2 GC Pandorea jasminoides 'Deep Pink' Bower of Beauty pink Jan-May $1.65 N Y PS M C Pandorea pandorana 'Snowbells' Snowbells white Sep-Nov $1.65 N Z PS M C Syzygium australe Restricted - 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